Cisco IOS Contract Job Trends in England

Cisco IOS
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in England requiring Cisco IOS skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 31 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 562 432 479
Rank change year-on-year -130 +47 +25
Contract jobs citing Cisco IOS 64 81 59
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.14% 0.29% 0.18%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.48% 2.40% 1.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 47 27 29
10th Percentile £213 £465 £178
25th Percentile £413 £500 £300
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £595 £550 £408
Median % change year-on-year +8.18% +34.97% -2.98%
75th Percentile £612 £606 £488
90th Percentile £665 £613 £593
UK median daily rate £575 £525 £394
% change year-on-year +9.52% +33.33% -3.37%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 12 1
10th Percentile £49.24 - -
25th Percentile £50.72 £29.00 -
Median hourly rate £54.88 £30.00 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +82.92% -53.85% +120.34%
75th Percentile £57.47 £40.81 -
90th Percentile £58.01 £57.20 -
UK median hourly rate £54.88 £30.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year +82.92% -53.85% +91.18%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
England

Cisco IOS falls under the Communications and Computer Networking category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring communications or computer networking skills in England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 4,316 3,379 4,039
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 9.43% 12.18% 12.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,598 2,100 2,418
10th Percentile £263 £242 £250
25th Percentile £400 £364 £383
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £492 £505
Median % change year-on-year +1.63% -2.57% +1.00%
75th Percentile £588 £600 £613
90th Percentile £677 £681 £700
UK median daily rate £500 £485 £500
% change year-on-year +3.09% -3.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 344 169 253
10th Percentile £16.01 £14.99 £14.16
25th Percentile £19.50 £25.15 £21.37
Median hourly rate £27.11 £42.50 £57.35
Median % change year-on-year -36.21% -25.89% +1.52%
75th Percentile £65.88 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £81.68 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £26.00 £45.00 £50.00
% change year-on-year -42.22% -10.00% -9.62%

Cisco IOS
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Cisco IOS relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in England.

Cisco IOS job vacancy trend in England

Cisco IOS
Daily Rate Trend in England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Cisco IOS.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Cisco IOS

Cisco IOS
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Cisco IOS in England over the 6 months to 31 August 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Cisco IOS in England

Cisco IOS
Hourly Rate Trend in England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Cisco IOS.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Cisco IOS

Cisco IOS
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Cisco IOS within the England region over the 6 months to 31 August 2026. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
London -63 23 £600 +9.09% 5
North of England -52 22 £585 -2.50% 5
North West -34 18 £608 +1.33% 3
West Midlands -42 9 £225 -59.09% 1
Midlands -47 9 £225 -59.09% 1
South East -92 4 £650 +23.81% 3
Yorkshire - 4 £400 -
South West -42 3 £583 +1.30% 3
East of England -33 1 £475 -8.65% 2
Cisco IOS
UK

Cisco IOS
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 1 (1.56%) FactoryTalk
1 1 (1.56%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (1.56%) SharePoint
Applications
1 8 (12.50%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (9.38%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (4.69%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 11 (17.19%) Azure
2 7 (10.94%) Microsoft 365
3 6 (9.38%) Entra ID
3 6 (9.38%) OneDrive
4 2 (3.13%) Azure DevOps
5 1 (1.56%) Azure ExpressRoute
5 1 (1.56%) GitHub
5 1 (1.56%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 41 (64.06%) Firewall
2 32 (50.00%) BGP
2 32 (50.00%) NX-OS
3 25 (39.06%) VLAN
4 23 (35.94%) WAN
5 20 (31.25%) DNS
5 20 (31.25%) Wireless
6 18 (28.13%) DHCP
7 17 (26.56%) OSPF
8 16 (25.00%) VPN
9 12 (18.75%) NAS
9 12 (18.75%) SAN
9 12 (18.75%) Structured Cabling
10 10 (15.63%) IOS XR
10 10 (15.63%) Network Security
10 10 (15.63%) SD-WAN
10 10 (15.63%) TCP/IP
11 9 (14.06%) EIGRP
11 9 (14.06%) Ethernet
12 8 (12.50%) LAN
Development Applications
1 5 (7.81%) Git
2 3 (4.69%) Jenkins
3 1 (1.56%) GitLab
3 1 (1.56%) Robot Framework
General
1 31 (48.44%) Social Skills
2 8 (12.50%) Documentation Skills
3 3 (4.69%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (4.69%) Banking
3 3 (4.69%) Finance
4 2 (3.13%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 2 (3.13%) Influencing Skills
4 2 (3.13%) Manufacturing
4 2 (3.13%) Police
4 2 (3.13%) Public Sector
5 1 (1.56%) Legal
5 1 (1.56%) Publishing
5 1 (1.56%) Retail
5 1 (1.56%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 38 (59.38%) Network Engineer
2 15 (23.44%) Architect
3 11 (17.19%) Cisco Engineer
4 10 (15.63%) Cisco Network Engineer
4 10 (15.63%) Senior
5 8 (12.50%) Automation Engineer
6 7 (10.94%) Senior Network Engineer
6 7 (10.94%) Technical Architect
7 6 (9.38%) Help Desk Support
7 6 (9.38%) Help Desk Support Technician
7 6 (9.38%) Help Desk Technician
7 6 (9.38%) Support Technician
8 4 (6.25%) Network Architect
8 4 (6.25%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
8 4 (6.25%) Senior Cisco Engineer
8 4 (6.25%) Senior Cisco Network Engineer
9 3 (4.69%) Security Architect
10 2 (3.13%) Consultant
10 2 (3.13%) Deployment Engineer
10 2 (3.13%) Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (10.94%) Terraform
2 4 (6.25%) 802.1X
3 2 (3.13%) Jinja
3 2 (3.13%) NETCONF
3 2 (3.13%) REST
3 2 (3.13%) RESTCONF
4 1 (1.56%) gRPC
Miscellaneous
1 27 (42.19%) Data Centre
2 8 (12.50%) Onboarding
3 6 (9.38%) Smartphone
4 2 (3.13%) CMDB
4 2 (3.13%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (1.56%) Analytical Mindset
5 1 (1.56%) BYOD
5 1 (1.56%) Life Science
5 1 (1.56%) Operational Technology
5 1 (1.56%) Renewable Energy
5 1 (1.56%) SCADA
5 1 (1.56%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 8 (12.50%) Windows
2 7 (10.94%) Android
3 5 (7.81%) Linux
4 2 (3.13%) Ubuntu
5 1 (1.56%) CentOS
5 1 (1.56%) Mac OS
5 1 (1.56%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (26.56%) ITSM
2 13 (20.31%) Network Segmentation
3 10 (15.63%) Mentoring
3 10 (15.63%) Migration
4 8 (12.50%) Infrastructure as Code
4 8 (12.50%) Network Monitoring
5 7 (10.94%) Asset Management
5 7 (10.94%) Customer Service
5 7 (10.94%) Knowledge Transfer
6 6 (9.38%) CI/CD
6 6 (9.38%) Customer Experience
6 6 (9.38%) ITIL
6 6 (9.38%) Problem Management
7 5 (7.81%) AI
7 5 (7.81%) Network Architecture
7 5 (7.81%) Project Planning
7 5 (7.81%) Roadmaps
7 5 (7.81%) Validation
8 4 (6.25%) Change Control
8 4 (6.25%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 24 (37.50%) Python
2 2 (3.13%) Perl
2 2 (3.13%) PowerShell
3 1 (1.56%) Bash
Qualifications
1 33 (51.56%) Cisco Certification
2 28 (43.75%) CCNP
3 21 (32.81%) Security Cleared
4 17 (26.56%) SC Cleared
5 15 (23.44%) CCNA
6 11 (17.19%) Network+ Certification
6 11 (17.19%) Server+ Certification
7 7 (10.94%) CCIE
7 7 (10.94%) DV Cleared
8 3 (4.69%) Degree
9 1 (1.56%) CCIE Routing and Switching
9 1 (1.56%) CCIE Security
9 1 (1.56%) CWNA
9 1 (1.56%) JNCIE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (9.38%) SLA
2 3 (4.69%) NIST
3 1 (1.56%) NIST 800
System Software
1 7 (10.94%) Active Directory
2 5 (7.81%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (6.25%) vSphere
4 3 (4.69%) VMware ESXi
5 2 (3.13%) Docker
6 1 (1.56%) ProxySG
Systems Management
1 16 (25.00%) Ansible
2 6 (9.38%) Microsoft Intune
2 6 (9.38%) SCCM
3 3 (4.69%) Nagios
4 2 (3.13%) Docker Swarm
4 2 (3.13%) FortiGate
4 2 (3.13%) Kubernetes
5 1 (1.56%) Cisco CUCM
5 1 (1.56%) Jamf Pro
5 1 (1.56%) TrustSec
Vendors
1 64 (100.00%) Cisco
2 21 (32.81%) Fortinet
3 13 (20.31%) ServiceNow
4 11 (17.19%) Palo Alto
5 10 (15.63%) Arista
5 10 (15.63%) Juniper
5 10 (15.63%) Microsoft
6 7 (10.94%) VMware
7 6 (9.38%) Canon
8 5 (7.81%) Meraki
9 3 (4.69%) F5
9 3 (4.69%) SevOne
9 3 (4.69%) SolarWinds
10 2 (3.13%) FireEye
10 2 (3.13%) McAfee
10 2 (3.13%) NetScout
10 2 (3.13%) Splunk
11 1 (1.56%) Blue Coat
11 1 (1.56%) Forcepoint
11 1 (1.56%) Rockwell